Acute Care Subcommittee
Contacts
Administration:
Co-Chairs: Joel Anderson and James Calland, MD
Charge
The Acute Care Subcommittee is an interdisciplinary subcommittee charged to coordinate and standardize acute patient care across the Medical Center. This Subcommittee reports to the Patient Care Committee and addresses clinical practice issues related to acute care that extend beyond the scope of a single professional discipline and beyond a single service or unit.
Membership: includes representation from across the acute care units
Staff Support is provided by Patient Care Services.
Meetings: The Acute Care Subcommittee shall meet as deemed necessary by the Chair, but not less than quarterly.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Utilizes evidence-based medicine for recommendations regarding changes in clinical practice
- Reviews JCAHO standards, laws and other regulations and recommends alterations in policies and procedures as indicated
- Evaluates patient care outcomes, prioritizes and recommends opportunity for improvement
- Evaluates staff competence information and recommends programs or learning activities related to acute care
- Recommends criteria for competence in the acute care setting
- Provides regular reports to the Patient Care Committee
- Annually reviews the Plan for Provision of Care and makes recommendation for change
Current Members
| Joel Anderson, RN, MSN, Co-Chair | Acute Care |
| James Calland, MD, Co-Chair | General Surgery |
| Kenneth Allmon, RN | SSU |
| Josh Barclay, MD | General Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care |
| Geoff Barkley, LCSW, PhD | Social Work |
| Denise Barth, RN, MSN | Quality/Survey Readiness |
| Mudhasir Bashir, MD | Inpatient Psychiatry |
| Brannelly Batman, RN, MSN | 4 East |
| Benjamin Beitzel, RN, MSN | 4 West |
| Janna Boyd, RN, BSN | Bed Center |
| Ken Brayman, MD | Transplant |
| Cynthia Browne, RN | SSU |
| Ivan Crosby, MD | Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Stacy Crowell | Director, Quality & Performance Improvement |
| Quanjun Cui, MD | Adult Orthopedic |
| Gerry Donowitz, MD | Infectious Disease |
| Nathan Fountain, MD | Neurology |
| Charles Friel, MD | Surgery |
| Jan Garnett, RN, MSN | 6 Central |
| Clarke Haley, MD | Neurology |
| Madaline Harrison, MD | Neurology |
| Rebecca Hill, SLP | Director, Patient Safety & Risk Management |
| George Hoke, MD | Internal Medicine |
| Rachael Holmes, RN, MSN | Patient Safety |
| Benjamin Kozower, MD | 4 West |
| Lewis Lipson, MD | Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Leigh Gauriloff, BSN, RN | President, PNSO |
| Vickie Marsh | Patient Representative |
| Susan Modesitt, MD | OB/GYN |
| Blee Moffett, RN, MSN | MET |
| Leigh Ann Nordt, RN, MSN | Staffing Resource Office |
| Stacey Pattie, PharmD | Pharmacy |
| Andy Poole, PT, MSHA | Therapy Services |
| Susan Prather, RN, MSN | 6 West |
| Bryan Sauer, MD | Gastroenterology/Hepatology |
| Justin Smith, MD | Neurological Surgery |
| Cynthia Southard, RN, MSN | 3 East |
| Joan Tepper, RN, MSN | 4 Central |
| Geoffrey Weiss, MD | Hematology/Oncology |
| Brian Zwoyer, RN, MSN | 5 West |